That's a long exposure, but there really can be that many of them. I was out on a moonless night in upstate New York. An amazing number of stars was visible (I could even see the Milky Way), I was surrounded by fireflies and glowworms, and there were no other sources of light once I turned my flashlight off. It was so dark that I couldn't see my own feet, just lights in all directions.

Pretty sure that line is a reference to this. One of my fave songs :)

Owl City - Fireflies

I got a million hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs!

I moved away from a state that has them. They’re so beautiful to watch over a big open field. Like stars that fill the ground to complete the sky.

During COVID when nobody able to spray for mosquitoes there was a really cool resurgence - even in the suburbs. Came home from a bicycle ride late one evening, and swear every tree had Christmas lights strung up, they were chilling out and just glimmering in every branch.

I pushed the bike home that night and watched the show in the trees, a lovely coda to the day

Sat with a couple friends, heavily under the influence of mushrooms, and watched fireflies across a newly planted tree farm field.

I’m pretty sure the three of us each took our own universal truth from that night but in that moment I was pretty sure I witnessed the fireflies riding some sort of universal wave, like gravity and they would jump from wave to wave when they blinked.

Anyways. I miss being young.

Or shrooms. Maybe I just miss those…

My house is like this but with mosquitoes instead of fires

I have a lot in my backyard, it's a treat to see at night. I have been searching online on what plants they like so I could build a firefly refuge and encourage their breeding but I can't find any info.

That's how forests fires get started. That and DEI.

I remember when Florida had them in large number, not like that but still maybe one every 10 feet or so on the heaviest night I've seen. It was pretty. Now I get excited if I see any at all. If I see 3 in the same night I am ecstatic.

I can smell this picture.

Where is the moth poster when we need him

I had an experience like this camping out in the foothills of the Catskills. One of my favorite camping trips.

Was just having this conversation last night with a friend as we were remarking to each other how mesmerizing dusk is with the summer fireflies.

When he said they didn’t exist out West where he grew up I was surprised.

Thought all along fireflies at dusk was one of the more enchanting parts of summer.

I took my friends to go see trees full of fireflies while camping and doing mushrooms, mind blowing.

Never seen fire flies in real life I've always had to make do with embers from a fire

there were so many fireflies in nyc yesterday, i was shocked!

Ngl this looks like the minecraft twilight forest barrier